Strap or rope attachment



(No Model.)

B. R. ROBBINS & L. L. WALRATH. STRAP 0R ROPE ATTACHMENT.

No. 503,497. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

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EDIVARD R. ROBBINS AND LU L. WALRATH, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA STRAP ORROPE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,497, dated August15, 1893.

Application filed February 23, 1893. Serial No. 463,446. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD R. ROBBINS and LU L. IVALRATH, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Sacramento, Sacramento county, State ofGalifornia,have invented an Improvement in Harness, Strap, or RopeAttachments; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to an attachment for harness, hitching straps, orropes, by which the strap may be taken up to any required length andlocked at that point.

It consists of a supplemental strap having loops or keepersinconjunction with the main strap or rope and connected therewith as willbe more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is aview of our device showing the bight of thesupplemental strap open to allow the free movement of the main strap orrope. Fig. 2 shows the parts closed and locked. Fig. 3 shows amodification of the device. Fig. 4: shows the manner of cutting thesupplemental strap and loops or keepers.

The object of our invention is to provide an attachment for certainparts of harness for hitching straps or ropes which it is desired toadjust to a particular length, and afterward secure them at the point ofadjustment.

A is the main strap or rope, and B is the supplemental adjusting andlocking strap which is formed with loops or keepers G and D. These maybe stitched,riveted, or otherwise fastened together, but we prefer tocut them out in one piece with the short strap B, and they are afterwardfolded and stitched to form a noose as shown. The strap A passes throughthese two loops or keepers O and D as shown. In the present case wehaveshown it adapted to be used as ahitching strap, and it may have anydesired fastening upon the end to attach to the horses bit, or aroundthe neck or in any other suitable or desired way.

E is a stout iron link which passes through the bight or loop formed bythe strap B which extends outward from the keeper 0, then curves uponitself, and passes through the keeper inside of the strap A, and thelatter strap A passes through the keeper D which is upon the oppositeside of the keeper C from the bight or loop B. The end of the strap Ahas a safety hook or other fastening F.

In Fig. 1, we have shown a snap hook which is attached to the ring E.

The operation will then be as follows: If used as a hitching strap, thestrap A is passed around a post, tree, or other point, and the hook Fengaged with the ring E. The strap A is then pulled through the loops orkeepers C and D until it clasps the post tightly. Then the loop orkeeper D is pulled down with one hand, while the loop or keeper Cispushed up with the other, until the bight or loop of the strap B isdrawn down so as to lock tightly upon the ring E, as shown in Fig. 2,and this prevents the strap from slipping or becoming loosened in anyway.

In order to make the look more secure, we have shown the strap B madetapering or wedge-shaped, being thickest at the point where it leavesthe loop or keeper 0, and thinnest at the point where it joins the loopor keeper D. By this construction, when it is drawn through the loop orkeeper 0 it constantly increases the thickness of leather within theloop or keeper, and thus binds more firmly upon the strap A. When it isdesired to loosen the strap, it is only necessary to pull the loop orkeeper 0 backward along the strap A, and it will move through the ringE, thus allowing the loop or keeper D to slip upward on the strap untilit comes in contact with the loop or keeper C. The strap A will thenslip loosely through the two loops or keepers, and may be slackenedsufifiiciently to disengage it.

It will be manifest that if a rope is used instead of the strap A, byhaving an enlargement or knot upon the end, as shown at F in Fig. 8,this knot maybe put through the bight or loop B, and when the bight orloop 13 of the supplemental strap is drawn down so as to clasp the ropewhere it passes through the bight or loop, the knot will prevent the endof the rope from being pulled out, and it will be locked in the samemanner as described for Fig. l,without using the ring E. The samearrangement of straps is equally suitable for lengthening and shorteningcertain portions of the harness straps, as, for instance, the backstraps when harness is to be changed to IOC horses of different sizes.These lnay be easily lengthened or shortened in the same man me): ashere described.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let:- ters Patent, is

1. Adeviceforadj usting and securing straps and ropes, comprising loopsor keepers, and the intermediate portion returned upon itself and passedthrough one of said loops or keepers to form a bight or loop adapted toreceive one end of the part to be secured.

2. Adevice for adjusting and securing straps and ropes, comprising astrap having a loop or keeper at each end adapted to be slidably mountedupon the part to be secured, said strap being returned upon itself andpassed through one of the loops, whereby a bight or loop is formed toreceive one end of the part to be secured.

3. Adevice for adjustingand securing straps and ropes, comprising astrap having a loop or keeper at each end and having the portion betweensaid loops or keepers made tapering or wedge-shaped and returned uponitself to form a bight o1- loop, said loops or keepers adapted toreceive the part to be secured; and said bighb adapted to receive oneend of said part to clamp and secure the same when the loops or keepersare drawn apart.

4:. The combination with the strap or rope loop when the loops orkeepers are drawn apart.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

EDWARD R. ROBBINS.

V LU L. WALRATH.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, WM. F. BOOTH.

